"yieldless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From yield + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|yield|less}} yield + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} yieldless (not comparable)
  1. Not providing any yield or return. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-yieldless-en-adj-q5BV7hqG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (archaic) unyielding Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-yieldless-en-adj-b5oYFxIY
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